Bitcoin Price on Knife’s Edge: Liquidation Explosion Awaits at $82,000
Bitcoin sits between $80K long and $82K short liquidation zones, setting up an explosive move toward $85K or $76K.
A viral thread on X drew millions of views as a user claimed Claude AI helped recover a lost Bitcoin wallet.
Bitcoin's recent rally stalled at a critical level, putting the top crypto asset in a position that has previously led to major downturns.
May 13, 2026, 9:30 pmMarket maker Wintermute says traders may want to reconsider what kind of rally they are actually looking at with bitcoin. The firm warns BTC’s move has more of the feel of a squeeze than the start of a clean, conviction-led breakout.
May 13, 2026, 8:45 pmBitcoin sits between $80K long and $82K short liquidation zones, setting up an explosive move toward $85K or $76K.
Onchain data published Wednesday shows KULR, a tech company focused on thermal management and energy storage, moving 300 bitcoin into Coinbase Prime, a transfer analysts say looks less like a custody shuffle and more like a sell.
Despite its extreme volatility, Bitcoin emerges as a disruptive option for retirement planning while inflation erodes the purchasing power of traditional pensions throughout the developed world. Over the last 4-year period, the asset is still up 166.7%. So, is it still possible to retire with BTC? It always depends on the price trajectory.
Despite short-term bearish bets from a successful Hyperliquid whale, a growing US Fed balance sheet and rising inflation support Bitcoin in the long term.
On Wednesday, bitcoin briefly plunged below $79,000 for the first time since May 4 as investors digested the latest producer price index data, which showed a sharp acceleration in wholesale inflation.
The halt highlights the challenges smaller firms face in emulating large-scale Bitcoin strategies, emphasizing the need for robust capital access.
Popular banking firm Charles Schwab has rolled out direct Bitcoin and Ethereum trading to its U.S. retail customers via a new platform called “Schwab Crypto.” This platform will give the firm’s over 39 million account holders access to spot crypto purchases in addition to stocks and bonds.
A bitcoin holder known on X as @cprkrn recovered approximately 5 BTC, valued between $400,000 and $500,000, from a wallet he had been locked out of for more than 11 years, crediting Anthropic’s Claude AI with solving a technical problem that had resisted every other attempt.
Bitcoin’s pullback is expected to find support near $79,000, but every recovery attempt is likely to be sold into.